This document is an apostolic exhortation from Pope Francis titled "The Joy of the Gospel" addressing bishops, clergy, consecrated persons, and lay faithful. It discusses the need for a renewed missionary impulse driven by a personal encounter with Christ's saving love. It emphasizes bringing the Gospel to the peripheries of society and engaging with people's lives out of a spiritual experience of being God's people. It also highlights the roles of the Holy Spirit and Mary in evangelization efforts.

1. APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION
EVANGELII GAUDIUM
OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS
TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY,
CONSECRATED PERSONS
AND THE LAY FAITHFUL
ON THE PROCLAMATION
OF THE GOSPEL
IN TODAY’S WORLD
Ch 5 Spirit Filled Evangelizers

2. Introduction – the joy of the gospel
1 The Church’s missionary transformation
2 Amid the crisis of communal commitment
3 The proclamation of the Gospel
4 The social dimension of evangelization
5 Spirit-filled evangelizers

3. Ch 5 SPIRIT-FILLED EVANGELIZERS [259-261]
1 - Motivaciones para un renovado impulso misionero
2 - María, la Madre de la evangelización

4. Ch 5 - SPIRIT-FILLED EVANGELIZERS
I. Reasons for a renewed missionary impulse [262-283]
Personal encounter with the saving love of Jesus [264-267]
The spiritual savour of being a people [268-274]
The mysterious working of the risen Christ and his Spirit
The missionary power of intercessory prayer [281-283]
II. Mary, Mother of Evangelization [284-288]
Jesus’gift to his people [285-286]
Star of the new Evangelization [287-288]

5. I. Reasons for a renewed missionary impulse [262-283]
Personal encounter with the saving love of Jesus [264-267]
The spiritual savour of being a people [268-274]
The mysterious working of the risen Christ and his Spirit [275-
280]
The missionary power of intercessory prayer [281-283]

6. Mystical notions without a solid social and missionary
outreach are of no help to evangelization,
Personal Encounter with the Saving Love of Jesus

7. -nor are dissertations or social or pastoral practices
which lack a spirituality which can change hearts. EG 262

8. Every period of history is marked by the presence
of human weakness, self-absorption,
complacency and selfishness, to say nothing
of the concupiscence which preys upon us all.
EG 263

9. Personal encounter with
the saving love of Jesus
The primary reason
for evangelizing is the
love of Jesus which
we have received,
the experience of salvation
which urges us to ever
greater love of him. EG 264

10. “The missionary is convinced that, through the working of the Spirit,
there already exists in individuals and peoples an expectation,
even if an unconscious one, of knowing the truth about God, about man,
and about how we are to be set free from sin and death. EG 265
Don Bosco dream of
the indians of Patagonia

11. But this conviction has to be sustained by our own constantly renewed
experience of savouring Christ’s friendship and his message. EG 266

12. In union with Jesus, we seek what he seeks and we love what he loves.
In the end, what we are seeking is the glory of the Father; we live
and act “for the praise of his glorious grace” (Eph 1:)

13. The spiritual savour
of being a people
EG 268 - To be evangelizers of souls, we need to develop
a spiritual taste for being close to people’s lives
and to discover that this is itself a source of greater joy.

14. Moved by his example, we want to enter fully into the fabric of society,
sharing the lives of all, listening to their concerns, helping them materially and
spiritually in their needs, rejoicing with those who rejoice, weeping with those who weep;
arm in arm with others, we are committed to building a new world. EG 269

15. Yet Jesus wants us to touch human misery, to touch the suffering flesh of others.
He hopes that we will stop looking for those personal or communal niches which
shelter us from the maelstrom of human misfortune and instead enter into
the reality of other people’s lives and know the power of tenderness. EG 270

16. in our dealings with the world, we are told to give reasons for
our hope, but not as an enemy who critiques and condemns. EG 271

17. Whenever we encounter another person in love,
we learn something new about God. EG 272

18. I am a mission on this earth; that is the reason why I am here in this world.
We have to regard ourselves as sealed, even branded, by this mission of
bringing light, blessing, enlivening, raising up, healing and freeing. EG 273

19. Every human being is the object
of God’s infinite tenderness,
and he himself is present
in their lives. Jesus offered
his precious blood on
the cross for that person.
EG 274

20. The mysterious working of
the risen Christ and his Spirit.
when the first disciples went forth to preach, “the Lord worked with them
and confirmed the message”Mk 16:20 The same thing happens today.
We are invited to discover this, to experience it. Christ, risen and glorified,
is the wellspring of our hope, and he will not deprive us of the help we need
to carry out the mission which he has entrusted to us. EG 275

21. Christ’s resurrection is not an event of the past;
it contains a vital power which has permeated this world. EG 276

22. Yet lowering our arms momentarily out of weariness
is not the same as lowering them for good,
overcome by chronic discontent and by
a listlessness that parches the soul. EG 277

23. Faith also means believing in God, believing that he truly loves us, that he is alive,
that he is mysteriously capable of intervening, that he does not abandon us
and that he brings good out of evil by his power and his infinite creativity. EG 278

24. because we do not always see these seeds growing,
we need an interior certainty, a conviction that God
is able to act in every situation,
even amid apparent setbacks:
“We have this treasure
in earthen vessels”
(2 Co 4,7). EG 279

25. Keeping our missionary fervour alive calls for firm trust in the Holy Spirit,
for it is he who “helps us in our weakness” » (Rm 8,26). EG 280

26. One form of prayer moves us particularly to take up the task
of evangelization and to seek the good of others. EG281
The missionary power of intercessory prayer

27. What our intercession achieves is that his power,
his love and his faithfulness are shown ever more clearly
in the midst of the people. EG 283

28. II. Mary, mother of evangelization
EG 284 - With the Holy Spirit, Mary is always present in the midst of the people.
She joined the disciples in praying for the coming of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:14)
and thus made possible the missionary outburst which took place at Pentecost.

29. Jesus’ gift to his people
At the foot of the cross, at the supreme hour of the new creation,
Christ led us to Mary. He brought us to her because
he did not want us to journey without a mother, EG 285

30. Mary was able to turn a stable
into a home for Jesus,
with poor swaddling clothes
and an abundance of love.
EG 286

31. She is the handmaid of the Father
who sings his praises. EG 286

32. She is the friend who is
ever concerned that wine
not be lacking in our lives.
EG 286

33. . She is the woman whose heart was pierced by a sword
and who understands all our painEG EG 286

34. As mother of all,
she is a sign of hope
for peoples suffering
the birth pangs
of justice.
EG 286

35. She is the missionary who draws near to us
and accompanies us throughout life,
opening our hearts to faith
by her maternal love.
As a true mother, she walks at our side,
she shares our struggles
and she constantly surrounds us
with God’s love. EG 286

36. Star of the new
Evangelization
Mary let herself be guided by the Holy Spirit on a journey of faith
towards a destiny of service and fruitfulness. EG 287

37. Whenever we look to Mary, we come to believe once
again in the revolutionary nature of love and tenderness.
In her we see that humility and tenderness are not
virtues of the weak but of the strong .EG 288

38. Mary, Virgin and Mother,
you who, moved by the Holy Spirit,
welcomed the word of life
in the depths of your humble faith:
as you gave yourself completely to the Eternal One,
help us to say our own “yes”
to the urgent call, as pressing as ever,
to proclaim the good news of Jesus.
Filled with Christ’s presence,
you brought joy to John the Baptist,
making him exult in the womb of his mother.
Brimming over with joy,
you sang of the great things done by God.
Standing at the foot of the cross
with unyielding faith,
you received the joyful comfort of the resurrection,
and joined the disciples in awaiting the Spirit
so that the evangelizing Church might be born.
Obtain for us now a new ardour born of the resurrection,
that we may bring to all the Gospel of life
which triumphs over death.

39. Give us a holy courage to seek new paths,
that the gift of unfading beauty
may reach every man and woman.
Virgin of listening and contemplation,
Mother of love, Bride of the eternal wedding feast,
pray for the Church, whose pure icon you are,
that she may never be closed in on herself or
lose her passion for establishing God’s kingdom.
Star of the new evangelization,
help us to bear radiant witness to communion,
service, ardent and generous faith,
justice and love of the poor,
that the joy of the Gospel
may reach to the ends of the earth,
illuminating even the fringes of our world.
Mother of the living Gospel,
wellspring of happiness for God’s little ones,
pray for us.
Amen. Alleluia!
24 Nov. 2013

40. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 27-5-2020
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Christ is Alive
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Love and Marriage 1-
Love and Marriage 2 – growing up to sexual maturity
Love and Marriage 3 – psychological differences and complimentarity
Love and Marriage 4- causes of sexual attraction
Love and Marriage 5- freedom and intimacy
Love and Marriage 6 - human love
Love and Marriage 7 - destiny of human love
Love and Marriage 8- marriage between Christian believers
Love and Marriage 9 – sacrament of marriage
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Joseph
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
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Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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41. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 27-5-2020
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Cristo Vive
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Queridas Amazoznia 1 un sueños social
Queridas Amazoznia 2 un suepo cultural
Queridas Amazoznia 3 un seuños ecologico
Queridas Amazoznia 4 un sueño eclesial
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1
Revolución Rusa y comunismo 2
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 3
San José
Santiago Apóstol
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
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